Realism In The Red Badge Of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by Stephen Crane. The fictional story is about what it would be like to be a young man fighting in the middle of the American Civil War. It gives you an idea of what one's thoughts, feelings, and actions are during war. Crane does a great job at getting straight to the point in the most honest and real way possible. He describes a group of soldiers who are complete amateurs, without exception. Each character in this story has such an individual and unique personality that adds depth to the war story. He depicts life as it is rather than what we think it should or could have been like in that time. Crane wrote fictional stories about his real life perceptions of war, even though he never served in the war. With that being said, the Red Badge of Courage seems completely realistic. …show more content…
Crane was the youngest of fourteen children, in the household of methodist minister and a mentally strong mother. Crane spent less than two years at college and then went to New York City to live in a medical students’ boarding house while working his way to a literary career. Crane never saw war, yet he was praised by war veterans for his writings that so greatly described what they went through in the war. The realism that he used in his stories grabbed the attention of many throughout the years. Crane lived a very difficult life. He fought against time, illness and delpt, but he coped with all this through his writings. He used stores as an outlet for his thoughts. After writing the Red Badge of Courage, Crane seemed to lose success and he never had any large works of fame after